Table 4.

A multivariate analysis of noncommodity variables with health worker competency score (as a percentage-point change) in the delivery of malaria in pregnancy treatment

Variable	Cameroon	CDI	Ghana	Kenya	Mali	Niger
Recent training*	−3.790†	8.332‡	NA§	NAǁ	1.279†	NAǁ
Job aids*	5.982†	8.882¶	NA§	10.75†	0.141†	8.729†
Provider gender*	4.284†	4.190†	NA§	NAǁ	NAǁ	3.161†
Cadre*
Nurses	Ref.	Ref.	NA§	NAǁ	NAǁ	Ref.
Midwives	−10.284†	1.101†	NA§	NAǁ	NAǁ	1.519†
Nurse assistants	1.238†	NAǁ	NA§	NAǁ	NAǁ	NAǁ
Facility type*
Dispensaries	NA#	Ref.	NA§	Ref.	NA**	NA**
Health centers	NA#	−5.581†	NA§	1.517†	NA**	NA**
Hospitals	NA#	3.176†	NA§	−2.662†	NA**	NA**

CDI = Cote d’Ivoire; NA = not applicable; Ref. = reference value.

^*The effect of artemisinin-based combination therapy stock availability is held constant.

^† Not significant

^‡ P <0.05.

^§ Ghana does not have treatment competency score data.

^ǁ No available data.

^¶ P <0.01.

^# Observation sample sizes were widely disparate in Cameroon (health centers, n = 328; hospitals, n = 11).

^**Mali and Niger only have observations at the health center facility level.